idiomatic

Speech parts

1. idiomatic - Noun

2. idiomatic - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Idiomatical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

idiomatical especial language local common natural particular popular individual dialectical etymological oratorical unique regional appropriate
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Antonyms

common normal cold broad distant incorrect
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

idiomatic English Source: Internet

Besides these common 4th and 3rd tonal specifications dào 道 "way" and dǎo 道 (or 導) "guide", 道 has a rare 1st level tone dāo pronunciation in the regional idiomatic expression shénshendāodāo 神神道道 "odd; bizarre". Source: Internet

Complaints of the non-existence of flying cars have become nearly idiomatic as expressions of disappointment in the failure of the present to measure up to the glory of past predictions. Source: Internet

Bezanson (1953), p. 648–649, italics Bezanson's A third level of rhetoric is the idiomatic, and just as the poetic it hardly is present in pure form. Source: Internet

Derivations Many idiomatic expressions, in their original use, were not figurative but had literal meaning. Source: Internet

Arriving at the idiomatic reading from the literal reading is unlikely for most speakers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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